Metro Awakening “underperformed” towards the monetary expectations of the sport’s father or mother firm, regardless of optimistic evaluations.
Within the interim monetary report for Q3 FY 2024/25 from the Embracer Group, who personal notable publishers and studios like PLAION, Deep Silver and Vertigo Video games, the corporate discusses Metro Awakening following final 12 months’s launch. Embracer states the sport “underperformed administration monetary expectations,” regardless of calling it a foremost income driver alongside Let’s Sing 2025, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered, and Goat Simulator Remastered.
Little else was mentioned about Metro Awakening, and it is unclear what particular monetary expectations Embracer had for the latest VR-only prequel. That mentioned, the identical report highlights the sport’s optimistic vital reception. Alongside profitable Steam’s VR Sport of the Yr and our personal favourite PlayStation VR2 Sport of the Yr, our 4.5/5-star overview referred to as it a “mesmerizing” VR gaming expertise that we praised for its atmospheric immersion and storytelling.
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Very similar to Ubisoft’s expectations for Murderer’s Creed Nexus final 12 months – which CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed he was “a bit disenchanted” by however acknowledged the sport “did okay, and it continues to promote” – the expectations of flatscreen AAA publishers are usually a lot greater than most VR builders. Nonetheless, it is also value noting that in contrast to the Quest-exclusive Nexus, Metro Awakening is a multiplatform title.
Gross sales are tougher to quantify for the Viveport and PlayStation VR2 variations, although SteamDB estimates place PC VR gross sales someplace between 50k and 100k items. Almost 45k (by way of QuestWithMatt) have additionally unlocked Metro’s first achievement on Quest, although this determine does not account for potential refunds and those that have not performed it but.
Even with a slate of latest high-profile releases that additionally included Batman: Arkham Shadow, Alien: Rogue Incursion and Skydance’s Behemoth, VR gaming stays an indie dominated area full of largely smaller studios. These groups often have totally different metrics of success, as we have lately seen with Thief Simulator VR reaching over 310k gross sales on Quest alone, or Into The Radius hitting 800k gross sales throughout all platforms.
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As for Embracer, the corporate reported it lowered its debt to $298 million after ending its main restructuring program. This additionally concerned shouldering roughly $928 million debt onto a newly spun-off firm, Asmodee. Flatscreen recreation Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is the large success story, with almost 2 million items offered since launching earlier this month. In any other case, general gross sales declined by 22% year-on-year throughout a nine-month interval ending on December 31, 2024.
